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The Chase
Cheryl Sawyer
Even the bravest soldier can be overwhelmed by
love
From the author of the “captivating, lush, and
romantic”* Siren comes an epic novel of adventure,
intrigue, and passion that sweeps us back to the dramatic
Hundred Days before the Battle of Waterloo—and to a
forbidden love affair between a beautiful Englishwoman and
a dangerous Frenchman… Jacques Decernay is a Chausseur—a captured soldier who
once turned coat to join the lowest ranks of the English
army. Charged with desertion and resisting arrest, he
escapes a firing squad only because a ravishing
Englishwoman comes to his aid.
Lady Sophia Hamilton hates the French who took her
husband’s life and who threaten the peace she craves for
England and her family. In a world gone mad with war, the
last thing she should do is fall in love with the enemy, a
Frenchman whose true loyalties are a frightening enigma...
The Chase Jacques follows Sophia to Sussex, intoxicated by her
hidden passion. Meanwhile, as Napoleon marches back into
power in France, England too is haunted by traitors
within. Sophia is stalked by a man who will stop at
nothing to keep a treacherous secret, even if it means
involving her in a trail of violence that can end only at
Waterloo...

Signet (Eclipse), June 2005
ISBN #0451215664 448 pages Paperback $6.99
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